Scotland doing 'very well' despite having lowest covid immunity rate in UK

Covid restrictions by August 9 despite concerns over the level of vaccine uptake. The Health Secretary was optimistic that the entire country would be able to move out of the levels system next month.

Police have locked down a road next to a holiday park near Castle Douglas as emergency crews deal with a serious crash. Cops were alerted to the incident on the A713 between Parton and St John’s Town of Dalry at 4pm this afternoon.It is unclear as to how many vehicles are involved in the incident.Traffic Scotland say that the crash happened just metres away from the Loch Ken Holiday Park.

Covid victim has been refused disability benefits despite being left unable to work and taking 10 types of medication for the last 16 months. Shereen Smith was a wedding singer and had also been in the process of setting up her own cake-making company when she was struck down by the virus in March last year.

Mark McInnes a former director of the Scottish Conservatives who is now an adviser to Boris Johnson and Richard Keen, former Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives and former Advocate General. Davidson said she would take the role in the Lords seriously although opponents accused her of “selling out” to Brexiteer Johnson whose leadership bid for the party she had opposed.

Nicola Sturgeon urging her to bring in the same rules as England for quarantine-free travel from amber-list countries.

Scottish Government is exploring ways to allow more than 5,000 students from the high covid risk countries to come to Scotland to study when term restarts later this summer. Existing hotels, based around the country, do not have the sufficient capacity to cope with the number of people wanting to come to study.

Peru Two ', Michaella McCollum. Appearing on High: Confessions Of An Ibiza Drug Mule, Michaella, from Dungannon in Northern Ireland, speaks publicly about her time in prison with accomplice Melissa Reid from Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire.

Covid-19 continue to rise with the latest figures showing an increase to 10,185 detected cases. It comes as UK cases of the variant have risen almost four-fold in less than a month.Public Health England figures show a total of 161,981 confirmed and probable cases of Delta variant have now been identified in the UK - up by 50,824, or 46%, on the previous week.

The FOI also revealed that 76 pupils were infected in total during the timeframe but there were no large outbreaks involving more than 10 children.The schools were: Armadale Academy, Balbardie Primary School, Bathgate Academy, Boghall Primary School, Broxburn Academy, Deans Community High School, East Calder Primary School, Falla Hill Primary School, James Young High School, Linlithgow Academy, Linlithgow Bridge Primary School, Ogilvie School Campus, Parkhead Primary School, St Columba’s Primary

Stars of the hugely popular BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey, Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon are said to be filming a new festive comedy special for the BBC set to air at Christmas.The show, titled Ray & Gaynor, is said to be a one-off comedy set in the Scottish Highlands.